Sanitary receptacle.



R. W. PRTCHARD. SANITARY RECEPTAGLE.

APPLICATION vFILED JULY 21, 190s.

Patented Dec. 29, E908.

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www I be pulled over the head RAY WrPRITCHARD, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

SANITARY RECEPTACLE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

Application filed July 21, 1908. Serial N0. 444,669.

To .all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAY W. PRITCHARD, residing at Portland, nomah andState of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements inSanitary Receptacles, of Whic the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in sanitarycuspidors, and in its generic nature the invention embodies a cap ormouth piece to which is removably attached a suitable receptacle and towhich a net or covering is also attached that passes over the receptacleand may be opened yto permit removal of the receptacle from the cap ormouth piece, the ca or mouth piece being provided with a va ved openingthat is automatically closable and can be readily opened to permit useof the receptacle.

More specifically my invention comprises certain novel details ofconstruction, combination and arrangement oi parts, all of which will befirst described in detail, and then be specifically pointed out in theappended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1, is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2, is a centralvertical longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3, is a detail perspectiveView showing how the cap or mouth piece may be opened. Fig. 4, is adetail view illustrating how the netting or covering may tacle to permitits ready removal.

Referring new to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters andnumerals of reference indicate like parts in all of the figures, 1designates the head which may be formed of any suitable material,preferably of rubber, and isef dome-like form, the base 1EL of whichbeing provided with annular ribs 1b may be vulcanized to render the samerigid. The dome or mouth portion l of the head 1 is of more flexiblematerial and is slitted as at 1d so that when squeezed, as shown in Fig.3, the same will open to permit use of the receptacle, and soonas fingerpressure has been released from the mouth piece the same willautomatically close up.

The receptacle 2 consists of a bag having a in the county of Mult-V toexpose the recap-- mouth to sli over the rigid portion of the cap ormout piece, and which may be secured thereto by a rubber band 3 or inany other approved manner, so as to be readily removable from the mouthpiece and the bag may be constructed of rubber, oiled-cloth or any othersuitable material.

In order to protect the receptacle 2 and at the same time cover thesame, I provide a netting 4, one end 4a of which is securedr to the.mouth piece 1 by a string 4b, or rubber band, if desired, and the otherend 4c of the netting is closed 'by a draw-string 4d, as shown in Fig. 1ofthe drawings, so that When it is desired to remove the receptacle 2and redplace it with another one, the draw-string 4 may be loosened andthe netting slippe off over the mouth piece, as shown in Flg. 4, so thatthe receptacle 2 may be taken otf and a new one substituted Withoutdetaching the netting from the mouth piece.

The operation of my invention Will be readily apparent to those skilledin the art to Which the invention appertains by a sim le reference tothe drawings, and a detail escription of the uses and operation of myinvention is thought to be unnecessary as from the foregoing descriptiontaken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought thecomplete construction, operation and advantages of my invention will bereadily understood by those skilled in the art.

`What I claim is,-

1. A mouthpiece consisting et a domeshaped member having a resilientportion provided with a self-closing slit and having a rigid portion, areceptacle removably secured to said rigid portlon, a covering securedto said rigid portion and projecting over said receptacle, said coveringhaving its projectingd end open, and means for closing said open en 2.In a device ofthe class` described, a mouth piece consisting of adome-shaped member provided with a rigid portion having annular beads,and a iiexible slitted portion to form a self-closing mouth, areceptacle removably secured over said rigid portion, a coveringremovably secured to said mouth piece and enveloping saidreceptacle.

3. In a device of the class described, a

" mouthpiece consisting of. 'a dome-shaped covering having itsprojecting end opened member provided with a rigid portion having and adraw-string for closing said open end. annular beads, and a flexibleslltted portion to torm a sell-closing mouth, a. receptacle rel I RAY WPRITCHARD 5 movably secured over said rigid portion, a Witnesses:

covering removably secured to said mouth J. M. LONG,

piece and enveloping Suid receptacle, said EDWIN L. MINAR.

